San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/13/2009
ALBERT C. BOWMAN
One of the younger business men of South San Joaquin County who is meeting with success is Albert C. Bowman, of the firm of Bowman & Sharenbroch, proprietors of the Midway Garage, on the State Highway between Manteca and Ripon. He was born at Sturgeon Lake, Minn., in 1894, being a son of Gus and Anna (Kling) Bowman, both of Swedish birth. They removed from Minnesota to California in 1902, bringing with them their family of eight children, and settled at Manteca, where the father still resides, Mrs. Bowman having passed away in 1917.
The seventh of the family, Albert C. Bowman was reared at Manteca and after attending the public schools there he supplemented his education with courses in the Polytechnic College of Engineering and the Automobile school at Oakland, after which he engaged as a mechanic in different garages at Manteca, and in 1916 was employed in this line at Stockton. In 1917 he enlisted at San Francisco in the 280th Air Squadron as a mechanic, serving at Waco, Texas, and Brindley Field, Long Island, N.Y., and was honorably discharged at San Diego in 1919. After returning home he worked at the Ford garage at Manteca until he accepted a position with the Shell Oil Company at Stockton, remaining with them about three years. On September 1, 1922, Mr. Bowman in partnership with Mr. Sharenbroch, took possession of the Midway garage, leasing it from its owner, E.T. Pierce, and here they maintain a first-class machine shop and service station and are meeting with success.
In 1920 Mr. Bowman was united in marriage at Stockton to Miss Alice Bryer, and they have one child, Albert Curtiss. Mr. Bowman is a member of the American Legion at Stockton and Manteca Lodge No. 124, I.O.O.F., while in politics he is Republican.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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